Can't install Office 2007 on an Asus eee PC

[aweil]

Hi,

I've installed successfully Office 2007 on several computers before, but
this one is giving me a headache. It's an Assus eee PC with 512 MB RAM,
a 4 GB HDD and an 8 GB extension memory card.

I install Windows XP Pro SP2, and when installing Office 2007 Ultimate I
get the following message:
"The windows installer service cannot update one or more protected
windows files"

I install Windows XP and Office 2007 using MSDN DVDs.

I tried the following but none will solve the problem:
-install just Word
-install Office 2007 right after I installed Windows XP, without
installing any driver
-run Windows Update, install drivers, and then install Office
-install the English version of Office on an English Windows
-install the French version of Office on an French Windows
-install the French version of Office on an English Windows
-activate Windows XP before installing Office
-do not activate Windows XP before installing Office

As you can see, I already lost a lot of time... :-/

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[Mark Hammer]

I see that Asus has just come out with an eee preloaded with Windows XP and
Microsoft Works.

I gather that eee just doesn't have the horsepower to handle MS Office.

Open Office has proved a reasonable alternative, in my case.

--Mark Hammer

 

[Eddie Kuyper]

I managed to install Office 2007 worked OK, I then tried to delete non
required files, did some damage when I reinstalled I get the same error,
spec qre almost identical to Mark Hammer.

There must e ananswer but I don't know what. all I want is word excel and
internet explorer to work.

Any clues

Cheers

 

[Sinopa]

I had the same problem, but I figured out what it was and wrote a tutorial. Hope it can help you

http://www.hannacam.net/tutorials/windows-tutorials/how-to-install-microsoft-office-2007-on-eeepc/

 

[Jeff Strickland]

I had the same problem, but I figured out what it was and wrote a tutorial.
Hope it can help you

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